Rhaphidopsis melaleuca

Rhaphidopsis melaleuca is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker in 1855. It is known from Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[1]

Rhaphidopsis melaleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Cerambycidae
Genus:
Rhaphidopsis
Species:
R. melaleuca
Binomial name
Rhaphidopsis melaleuca
Synonyms
  • Rhaphidopsis melaleuca m. blairi Breuning, 1934
  • Rhaphidopsis melaleuca var. breuningi Gilmour, 1956
  • Eutaenia alba Thomson, 1860

Varieties
  • Rhaphidopsis melaleuca var. picta (Fåhraeus, 1872)
  • Rhaphidopsis melaleuca var. holdhausi Brancsik, 1914

References
  1. BioLib.cz - Rhaphidopsis melaleuca. Retrieved 8 September 2014.


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